Two Fond Hearts Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

The night was dark, lonely, chilly and dull,
Lost was a faint and crescent moon in his
Private and leisurely chat with Venus;
Both tried nigh hard to hide their animus
A stranger was alone, feeling amiss
In a boat, heavy air filled to the hull.

Startled by the rowing boat, cold water
Off river, and night bestirred were in sleep,
And stared hard at the hapless pair of oars;
With hard day in fields, tiring farming chores,
The village slept through the night, sound and deep,
Not a soul seemed awake, out to loiter.

And knocks on door when ceased, beating no more,
The two fond hearts beat as never before!
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The piece has atypical rhyme scheme. Each sestet has mirror-like symmetry: abccba.
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Sonnets | 02.04.04 |